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PROOS: A Merry Christmas to all local families
I wish everyone in Southwest Michigan a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. I hope you are all ...
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Dowagiac Union Schools December Starfish Story: Lincoln Clark, performing arts center technician
Lincoln Clark has served as the performing arts center technician for Dowagiac Union Schools since 2005. His talents ...
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PUCKETT: Are you listening to the Christmas music?
It is amazing that every year, soon after Thanksgiving, we are barraged with almost endless Christmas music. It ...
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WILSON: Arnold considers another campaign
“I think I may get back into politics.” Arnold Tobin had finished his ham and cheese omelet, took a ...
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PROOS: Protecting and preserving local retirement benefits
Our local public servants work tirelessly to help make southwest Michigan and our entire state a great place ...
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KAUFMANN: Give the gift of self-care this year
A popular holiday gift is a session with a massage therapist. Through carefully applied pressure, these professionals help us ...
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TYREE: Hottest baby names of 2018? Don’t know, don’t care
It’s a dreaded holiday tradition. Couples who are expecting a child (or trying to conceive) receive unsolicited naming ...
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PROOS: Improving student career, educational development
As part of an effort to meet the workforce needs of a growing economy, I have co-sponsored new ...
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STRAYER: Hoosier hysterics over cold beer, too much daylight
One of the benefits of living on the border of Indiana is the front row seat we have ...
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WILSON: In defense of clowns
Malcolm James Thornwhistle (of the Downhampton Thornwhistles) was a world renowned adventurer and part-time table shuffleboard coach. He ...
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PROOS: Helping patients fight cancer with all types of chemo
A ccording to the American Cancer Society, this year, nearly 1.7 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed ...
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Dowagiac Union Schools November Starfish Story: Ray Klomes
Ray Klomes has been volunteering with students and teachers at Justus Gage Elementary for quite some time. He ...
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The mother of all shaggy dog stories
Lester adopted a shaggy dog. In order to tell this shaggy dog story as historically accurate as possible, ...
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Thanksgiving: have you already missed it?
As far as Thanksgiving songs are concerned, “Over the River and Through the Woods” may soon be replaced ...
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A time to celebrate our many blessings
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was born out of an expression of joy and gratefulness for a bountiful ...
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On Thanksgiving, give thanks by being humane
It’s been 396 years since the first Thanksgiving. The menu was a bit different back then. Canned cranberry ...
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Partnerships supporting Niles students’ aspirations
High school students interested in a career in the medical field are often limited in what they are ...
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Are we having fun yet?
The Thanksgiving holiday is near. For many, it will be the traditional family gathering with good food and ...
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If you see something, say something
In May of this year, I announced charges against four educators at the Three Oaks Elementary School for ...
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Benefits of a state first-time homebuyer savings program
Concerns about being able to afford a responsible down payment often hold back prospective first-time homebuyers. This is ...
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A history lesson: The Decade of Weird
The “Summer of Love” was in 1968. The last German-produced Volkswagen Beetle came off the assembly line in ...
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The health benefits of volunteer work
We know that volunteering for a good cause helps others. Research now shows that the volunteers are also ...
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Showing our appreciation of Michigan’s veterans
Saturday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. It is a time to thank the courageous men and women who ...
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Danny Tyree: ‘Casablanca’ turns 75: we’ll always have parodists
When I was in my late teens, a Nashville TV station ran a late-night double-feature of Humphrey Bogart ...
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People say the funniest things
Most of the things I write about do not come from my vivid and fertile imagination. Most of ...
